About 4,000 years ago, builders hauled 25-tonne stones 11 miles across northern England to create the ‘Devil’s Arrows’, Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row
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Pic credit: University of YorkThe Devil’s Arrows, Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, have long raised questions about where they came from and how they reached Boroughbridge.
It turns out that ancient Neolithic builders hauled these enormous 25-tonne structures across at least 11 miles to get there.
Researchers at the University of York and Curtin University in Australia have shed new light on these prehistoric stones in Yorkshire.
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Pic credit: University of YorkThe Devil’s Arrows, Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, have long raised questions about where they came from and how they reached Boroughbridge.
It turns out that ancient Neolithic builders hauled these enormous 25-tonne structures across at least 11 miles to get there.
Researchers at the University of York and Curtin University in Australia have shed new light on these prehistoric stones in Yorkshire.